Ryan Anderson wrote:

I know I'm going to get sooo flamed for this, but I believe it's true.
Shampoo belongs with Mousse.  In the second Ranma movie (Nihao my
Concubine), they had the guys going after the girls ya know.  Well, Nabiki
was with Kuno, Akane was with Ranma, Ukyou was with Ryouga, and Shampoo was
with Mousse.  And when he was hurt, she acted like she really cared.
That's my two cents.

she was concerned for the guy! She never showed him anymore affection than
she would a friend. I think that's what Shampoo thinks of him as and
always will: a friend. She doesn't even show that much likeing toward him
most of the time though because she has appearances to maintain, but in a
few rare instances she lets her gaurd down and shows her true self, that
she's actually a caring person. She shows this deeper side to herself a
couple other times too... like when she doesn't kill Ranma after he tells
her he's a she. i don't think Shampoo, despite all her threats, would ever
actually kill anyone... though I think she thinks she would. I'm of the
opinion that even chasing Ranma around with that sword of hers, she would
have stopped the killing blow before it landed, unable to complete the
act, or if she did actually kill someone, she'd be devistated by it.

Anyway, everyone already knows that I'm totally bias for Shampoo, but
that's my thoughts on the matter.

Ryan

I have to agree with you. I think Shampoo cares for Mousse as a friend.
She just doesn't show it. If we take a look at the situation
realistically a few facts become apparent. Even though Shampoo is in
love with Ranma what does she really know about himother than the fact
that he is a great fighter? And what does Ranma really know about
Shampoo other than the fact that every time she shows up she glomps onto
him. That's why I believe that these two really couldn't get together.
Culturally they are too different. Neither one is taking the time to get
to know the other and both have mistaken ideas about the other person. I
think the more time Shampoo spends in Japan the more likely is a Shampoo
Mousse pairing. After all Shampoo spends most of her time working in the
restaraunt so she doesnt get a chance to really know the other kids and
Mousse is probably the only person her age who understands her culture
even if he is too agressive in his pusuit of Shampoo.

Nouman